The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-12 00:00:00

Naval and Mili;ary Intelligence, The Duke of Somerset, who, with the other Lords of the Admiralty, arrived yesterday morning from Ireland in the Osborne, landed early at Devonport olockyrad, where they were received by Port-Admiral Sir C. Fremantle, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral Thomas M. C. Symons, C. 8., and the principal officers. After a s sort sojourn in the office his Grace, accompanied by Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K.C.8., Lor C earence Paget, C. 8., and others, proceeded to ,n a the arsenal. Rear-Admiral Robert Spenra Ro. binson arrived at Devonport on Wednes4ay, and has countermanded the instructions girta with a view to protect the iron plates on the sides of the Zealous, 20, in No. 1 Dock at Keyham, from the galvanic action of the 2opper sheathing. From 3ft below the load line to 3ft above she is receiving a casing of teak planking which is 3in thick above and 4in below. To fix the planks to the plate bands of iron, lin thick, were bolted on them perpendicu larly, and groove; were cut in the teak to admit the bands. By this mode fewer bolts were neces sary, and the planks were considered better able to resist outward pressure. But the Controller of the Navy has thoaght necessary to order the abandon ment of the band system, and to have the planking bolted directly on the plates ; the weakening of the planks by cutting the grooves is thus avoided. Towards noon Earl de Grey and Ripon and Colonel Jervoise landed from the Admiralty yacht, accom panied by two officers of Engineers, and proceeded to inspect some of the sea defences. The screw steam corvette Clio, 22, left Plymouth Sound yesterday for the Pacific. She convoys the steemtng Turtle to the Island of Ascension. The Superb, 80, line•of-battle ship, belonging to the sailing reserve squadron in Chatham harbour, has been removed to the Victoria docks and handed over to the officers of the two Turkish war steamers which have been sent to this country to be supplied with their machinery, to be used as a receiving ship by the crew. The Superb will he employed in this service for several months to come. The Serpent, 4, 200-horse power, screw gunvessel, master in charge Mr B. S. Jackson, is ordered to be brought forward for the first class Chatham stea'n reserve in the Medway, in readiness for ima mediate commission. Tier Majesty's ship 11,9.cer, Commander Saulez, With the gunboats Tyrian, Lieut. Murray, and Wizard, Lieut. Falcon, put into Falmouth on Tues do.y evening, from Plymouth, for the Mediter rtlnean. The Himalaya troopship, Capt. Lacy, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning from Dublin, with the following detachments—Lieut Rowan and 22 men of the lst battalion 13 Regiment—Lieut E. J. Briscoe and 39 men, Ist battalion 14th Regiment— Capt. C. H. Green and 73 men, Ist battalion 21st Fusiliers-12 men 24th Regiment—Ensign Green and 25 men, 26th Regiment —Captain G. W. B. Hughes, Lieut. W. P. Clarke, and 79 men, 62d Regiment-6 men of the 69th Regiment and 22 men of the 87th, besides 17 soldiers' wives and 25 children. They immediately landed at the dock yard, aad were forwarded to the head quarters of their respective Regiments. The Himalaya passed the Tamar at 7 p,m. cn Wednesday, off Portland. After coaling, the Himalaya will embark the ii3d Regiment to-morrow, fcr Dublin. The regimental Tcaggage will be shipped to-day- The Geyser, paddle, Commander Thrupp, left Portsmouth yesterday for Portland and Weymouth With four companies of the 87th Fusiliers, under the command of Major Lyons, who arrived from A!dershott by road. The head quarters, under the command of Colonel Murray will march into Gus -port this day, to relieve the 64th, who will be re moved to Portsmouth and occupy the barracks,which will be vacated by the 531. The Philomel, straw gun vessel, Com. Wildman w2,s inspected yesterday and paid off at Portsmouth under the superintendence of Capt. H. Caldwell. She is placed in the third-ciass steam reserve. MajDr Gen. Sir R. Walpole, K.C.8., was enter tained at dinner last night by the officers of the Chatham division of Royal Marines Light Infantry in their rnessroom, on his assuming the command of the Chatham district. THE VOLUNTEERS, A match between six Volunteers in the Bank of England and six Volunteers in Messrs. Coutta's Dank came off on Friday, the sth inst., at Cater ham, the range of the South Middlesex. The con divons were five shots at 200, 500, and 600 yards. Ey the pcsiticn and Wimbledon marking, the hi guest score on the winning side to receive a cup. Tt ‘e rieeult was in favour of Messrs. Coats's side, the respective scores being :—Messrs. Coutts's Ba nk, 176 ; Bank of England, 170. The highest sci ores on each side were—Private Clark, 40; P rivets Smith, 36. Oa Saturday the North East London Rifle Corps, NI 'hie h is commanded by Lieut... Cal. G. H. Money, nderwent its annual inspection. The place se lected. was the Tower, and the inspecting officer was Colo - ael Morris, C.B. At seven o'clock the corps mar , :hed into the Tower four companies strong, fol low ed by four other companies of recruits, who h wee joined during the last two months. These re c ruits were 170 in number, and form part of 320 ecruits all of whom have joined since May last. Colonel Morrie made a close inspection of each com pany in succession, and afterwards walked to where the recruits were standing and inspected them. The battalion then marched past in open column, closed on the leading company, and again marched past in close column. The regiment was then put through a variety of complicated manoeuvres. con sisting of deployments on successive companies, changes of front, forming and marching in square, formations of column, movements in echelon, and formations of line, all of which were executed with considerable steadiness and rapidity. It was re marked that Coionel Morris, for the first time, paid the regiment the compliment of not requiring it to be put through the manual and platoon. The manoeuvres were brought to a close by an advance in review order and a general salute. The recruits being then marched up and column formed, Colonel Morris said he was disappointed in the number of old members present, although well pleased to see so large a number of recruits. With regard to their movements, they were as well done as on all former occasions, and he would make a most satisfactory report to the War Office. Col. Money then said that, now the difficulties of the regiment were nearly over, he would guarantee that the only fault Col. Morris had. found—namely, paucity of numbers—was a fault that would last no longer. He was convinced that the regiment would be as strong—hay, stronger for next year ' s inspec tion, than it had ever been. The proceedings closed with cheers for Col. Morris, Col. Money, and the two majors. The prizes will be shot for in Septem ber and October; they comprise a 100 guinea cup (the gift of Messrs. Till and Bacon), to be kept as his own property by the successful competitor. On Saturday afternoon Gen. Sir James Scarlett, the Adjutant-General of her Majesty's Forces, offi cially inspected the Central London Rifle Rangers (40th Middlesex), of which he is honorary colonel, at Enfield Court, Enfield, the seat of the command ing officer, Lient.-Col. Somerset. There were 316 of all ranks present, formea into six companies, ander Capts. Walters, Isaacs, Capes, Woods, Jones, and Low- The regiment went through the usual review movements, as marching past in open column in quick time and at the double in close column, advancing in line, changing direction by the wheel and sub-divisions round the centre, all of which we re promptly executed. The light infantry drill of t he regiment was then tested by some sharp skit mis,eiing, which lasted for upwards of an hour, dur whica time the corps perform e d a ll t h e move . meats of a battalion covering th e a d vance of an army. At the conclusion of the manoeuvres the in specting General complimented Lieut.-Colonel Somerset upon the soldierly manner in which the regiment had been handled, and expressed his satis faction with the efficiency displayed by all ranks. He regretted that there was not a larger muster; but he knew, he said, that many could not leave business. Hearty cheers were given to the gallant officer, and the regiment then marched to the riding school of Col. Somerset, at another part or Enfield, where a repeat waa laid out. Gen. Scarlett occupied the chair, and with him were Col. Sayers (of the King's Dragoons), , :%01. Somerset, Lieut.-Colonel Somerset, and Ir ony other officers. Th- general's health was r --.posed by Captain Walters, the senior officer, an : was drunk with enthusiasm. Sir James, in rettrthng thanks, said that he • seen some thin; of war himself, and he prayed that it might o'er approach the shores of England, but he was .satisfied if ever it did the Volunteers, by the skilful use of the rifle to which they had attained, and by their discipline, which he accounted of far greater importance, would present such a front as to make the enemy lay down their arms and pray to be sent whence they came. The general urged his hearers to make themselves as perfect in their duties as pos sible, by attending to their drill as often as their civilian duties would allow them, and he concluded, amid loud cheers, by proposing " The Health of the Commanding Officer," a toast which was drunk with all honours. The battalion returned to London by a special train at a late hour. The annual battalion and company prize firing of the 36:h Middlesex (Paddington) Rifle Volunteer Corps commenced on Monday, the Ist inst., at the butts on Wormwood -scrubs, and concluded on Fri day. The prize list was a very long one, and the competitions, which were very numerous, were con ducted under the superintendence of Capt. Bax, the adjutant and musketry instructor. The Challenge Cup of the corps was shot for at 500 and 600 yards, seven shots at each range, and was won by Sergt. Hill, with 33 marks. The regimental prizes of L 9 and .f. 6 were won by Private Hillary and Ensign Vicker man, who each made 29 marks at 500 and 650 yards, seven shots at each range, at a second-class tar get. The officers' prizes of £lO was won by Private Weatherhead. A silver watch, value ten guineas, presented by Sir Tinto Townsend Farquhar, M.P., was won by Corporal Crook, with 12 marks, in five shots at 300 yards; and a prize of 10 guineas, given by Mr. J. Curtis, to be competed for by the 20 best attendants at drill, at 350 yards (at a third-class target) and 600 yards, was won by Private E. Tatham, with 30 marks. The headquarters of the 3d Essex Artillery are at Stratford, and not at Grays. The competition for prizes at heavy gun drill given by officers of the Ist Gloucestershire (Bristol) Volunteer Artillery Corps took place on Tuesday. The prizes consisted of ten handsome silver-plated cups, and were awarded to one sergeant and nine gunners who should be pronounced the most steady and deserving. Captain M' Adam officiated as umpire. The following were the successful come petitors ;—Battery Sergeant-Major Tamlyn (as the best), Corporals F. Hoare, C. B. Lavender, Gunners J. Franklin, G. Morgan, W, Ivey, R. S. Bark, A. E. Harris, C. Wood, and J. Hooper. Captain S. V. Hare expressed his intention of giving a cup each to the following members of the battery, whose drill was good :—Corporal G. Davis, Gunners B. Maggs, C. York, and J, White. The annual review and inspection of the Cum berland Rifle Volunteers took place at Carlisle on Friday. In order that this might be made a grand field-day, the corps of neighbouring counties were icvited to attend and take part in the move ments. Dumfriesshire sent its whole battalion except the Moffat company; Northumberland sent two corps, the Hexham and Bellingham companies; four troops of the Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry attended, and three companies of the Cumberland Artillery Brigade, with two field pieces. The Cumberiand Rifle Battalion mustered 788 strong, the Dumfriesshire 447, the Northum berland 134, the cavalry 172, and the artillery 134, making a total of 1,675 men upon the ground. Not withstanding the unpropitious state of the weather, many thousands of people attended, the day having been made a general holiday in most of the towns of Cumberland. Colonel M'Murdo was obliged to return to London in consequence of the destruction of his house by fire, and the duties of inspecting officer devolved on Lieutenant-Colonel Roney, As. sistant.laspector of Volunteers. The review took place on the Swifts, where the races are held, a plot of:ground admirably adapted for the purpose, having a level plain for the movements of the troops, and high ground for the accommodation of the spectators. When the movements—those of a sham fight—had been concluded, the inspecting officer addressed the volunteers in highly complimentary terms. They had never been brigaded before, bat everything had been very creditably done. The volunteers then marched from the ground, accompanied by crowds of the spectators, who had been drenched with rain. Alter the review the officers who had taken part in the proceedings dined together at the Bush Hotel. Lieutenant-Colonel Wake presided, and beside him sat Lord Brougham and Lord Henry Scott, M.P. In returning thanks for the toast of his health Lord Brougham expressed his approval of the volunteer movement. He said, "Itis of the utmost import ance—not that we are afraid of being invaded —we don't expect it, but it is well to be assured and to take security against that which is possible, though not likely. (Loud cheers.) When our gallant friend (colonel M`Murdo), whose misfortune we have this day to deplore, insured his house he did not expect that to take place, which, however, has happened, but he insured it in case it should happen. If you insure your house against the negligence of your servants or your neighbours, your house may never be on fire, but you.: insure against any loss from that happening, if it should happen. So in like manner the volunteer movement extending over the country is an insurance that if an invasion should befall us, however unlikely, we should be prepared to meet it, and that it should do us no harm. But there is this marked difference between the insurance against fire and the insurance of the Volunteers against invasion. In insurance against fire, paying the premium of insurance has no ten dency whatever to prevent that fire from happening, whereas insurance against invasion has a direct ten dency to make that which may in itself be improb able next toil" possible." The " Health of Lord Henry Scott, M.P.," who had commanded the Dumfries shire battalion, was next proposed, and the hon. member for Selkirkshire responded in suitable terms. The Council of the Wilts County Rifle Association have received promises of prizes from the following gentlemen for the forthcoming annual county meet ing to be held in the neighbourhood of Salisbury in addition to a 50 guinea challenge cup :—Mr T. H. A. Poynder, £26 5s , Mr S. Watson Taylor, £2445; Leidy Charlotte Watson Taylor, £lO 108.; Lieut.- General Buckley, M.P., £lO lOs ; Lieut.-Colonel Bathurst, M.P., £lO 108 ; Lord H. Thynne, M.P., £lO 108 ; Mr W. Long, M.P., £lolos ; Right Hon. 'P. H. S. Estcourt, M.P., £lO 10s; Mr M. H. Marsh, M.P., £lO 10s ; Mr E. Hamilton, £lO 108 ; Major Ward, £lO lOs; Mr G. Loder, £lO lOs ; Mr T. F. Grove, £lO lOs, &c. It is proposed to hold a 300 guinea meeting at the termination of the county contest, to be open to all corners. UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY.—The workmen em ployed in sinking a well on one of the allotments of Port View Estate, Ealtash, Cornwall, have cut into a hole which is found to be strongly impregnated with copper ore of good quality. THE GREAT BED OF WARE.—An old carved bed stead, famous for its large size even in the days of Sbakspere, is.to be sold on the 30th inst. by Messrs Jackson and Sons, auctioneers, at Hertford. It is said to be in vary good preservation. The posts, representing urns, are of elaborate workmanship, and the back of the bed is also finely carved. On the tester there is carved work of red and white roses, which are believed to represent the union of the Houses of York and Lancest'r. The date upon the wood is 1463. Shakspere's allusion to the bed occurs in " Twelfth Night," Act 111. Scene 2. Sir Toby Belch there says, " Go write it in a martial bend ; be curst and brief ; it is no matter how witty, so it be eloquent and full of invention if thou thcu'st him some thrice, it shall not be amiss; and as many lies as will lie in thy sheet of paper, although the sheet were big enough for the Bed of Ware in England, set 'em down." The great bed was formerly an article of fur niture in the mansion house at Ware-park. At the date, however, of the publication of Chauncey's " Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire," it had been removed to the inn at Ware, where it was visited by many citizens of Lon don, and it has remained there ever since. [ A DVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Effectual Aid.—ln the sad time of sickness it is cheerfal to know that a remedy does exist, and that it can be procured at a little cost. Holloway's Oin meat and Pills are always useful in relieving pain, in reducing inflammations, and regulating disordered actions. They never can ba mis applied, nor can they under any circumstances cause mis chief. They are a blessing to the rich when tormented by indigestion, gout, skin diseases, &c., and a precious boon to the poor when struck down by illness. Holloway's medicines should be in the possession of all soldiers, sailors' and emigrants, who will then be in a position to ease suffering and cure dia.sa medial assistance cannot be obtained. ~a.,~ Banquet to the Channel Fleet. CORK, Aug. 10. The Mayor and citizens of Cork gave a banquet yesterday evening to the Lords of the Admiralty, now here on a tour of inspection, and to Admiral ]acres and the officers of the Channel Fleet. Al though the notice was short, the entertainments fully sustained the character for splendid hospita lity for which the capital of Munster has been always celebrated. The tables were spread in the splendid ballroom connected with the hotel. About 260 sat down to dinner; the Mayor, Mr J. F. Maguire, M.P., occuping the chair. The toasts of "The Queen" and "The Prince and Princess of Wales" were received with all the re spect and fervour which distinguishes the loyalty of the Irish. The Mayor introduced the next toast, " The Lord-Lieutenant, and prosperity to Ireland," with touching remarks on the departure of the Earl of Carlisle from ill health. He might have differed from his Excellency on one or two points, but no one had a more sincere respect for his noble qualities, for his goodness and his gentleness, and his earnest•de:ire to promote the prosperity of this land. 4 Lord Fermoy, M.P., the Lord Lieutenant of the county, being called upon to respond to this toast, was received with cheers. He remarked " that the present assembly represented every interest, every class, and every opinion in the city and county, and therefore they should shut out all introduction of party politics. But there was not a man iu the land that would not, on seeing him leave the country, feel the Earl of Carlisle's heart was always true to Ireland and to humanity, and that at least, as far as disposition went, did his duty to his Queen and country. They wished him many years of re newed health and happiness. They all respected the individual man, and felt that wherever he was Ireland and the Irish would have a friend." These sentiments were received with cordial expressions of sympathy. Lord Fermoy having eloquently enforced the duty and necessity of self-reliance, re ferred to the claims of Ireland upon the considera tion of the Legislature, especially in connection with the proposed establishment of a naval dockyard at Queenstown. He said—" I am rejoiced that the attention of my noble friends whom I see here to night has been brought by the citizens of Cork and the inhabitants of the county to the great question of the establishment of naval dockyards here -(cheers)—and let me tell you that I think the task of my noble friends in advocating, as I have no doubt they will, the establishment of dockyards in our unrivalled harbour, has been greatly lightened by the acts of that body of the Legislature to which I have the honour to belong—the House of Com. mons. The Government has always too many difficulties to consider when they propose any out lay in public establishments. One is, how it may be received by the country; the other, and the most important consideration for the heads of the department, is, how the House of Commons will look when it has got to pay the bill. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The House of Commons has greatly relieved my noble friends on the present occasion, because in a committee of the house which sat this year and entered fully and en tirely into the question of naval dockyards, they pointed out unmistakeably and in set terms the advisability of the establishment of a dockyard here. (Cheers.) Therefore, I say the House of Commons, who are the guardians of the purse of the nation, have pujudged the question, and have ex pressed, as far as any body like them can express, their willingness to vote the funds for so useful and necessary a work. (Hear.) Reputing my friends here as guests among you, and knowing your dispo sition to make everything as pleasant as possible, I shall not touch more on that question. (Hear.) I have only one thing more to say, and that is that, so far as my own individual feeling and opinion goes, I care not so much about wl•ere the dockyard may he established as that in the south of Ireland, and Cork especially, or somewhere within the limits of the county of Cork, a dockyard may be este. Wished. When we are prepared to do our duty in advancing the material interests of the country, we expect on the part of her Majesty's Government that Ireland shall get her full share of the consideration of that Government. (Loud cheers.) We feel that, whether you regard Ireland as a large port:on of the United Kingcicm, or whether you regard her as having at t mes past contributed her means end her 111611 to acquire the greatness and glory of Eng, land, we are fully entitled to a full share of the profits. (Hear.) We have entered into a partnership, we have kept our share of the bargain, and we feel that as you would in a mercantile establishment, when you come to wind up the accounts, give a share where it was due, we who have contributed means to the advancement and material interests of the kingdom are entitled to share the profits. The CHAIRMAN then gave the most important toast of the evening, and introdoced it by an able and eloquent plea for the establishment of a naval dockyard at Queenstown. In the course of his address he said, that in drinking the toast he would ask the gentlemen of the city and also those of the county who had teen associated with them to offer an hearty Irish welcome to the noble and es- teemed guests who graced their board that evening. (Cheers.) Under any circumstances he should be de- lighted to give a hearty Irish welcome to his Grace the Duke of Somerset, Earl de Grey and Ripon, Admiral Decree, and the officers of the Channel Fleet who were present on that occasion. (Hear.) It was not unworthy of them to pay e t , tribute of respect to these noblemen who had the confidence of the Sovereign and the entire realm, and who had intrusted to them duties of the most high and exalted character. (He sr.) The presence of the Duke of Somerset and his distinguished colleagues was a circumstance of peculiar interest to the citizens of C rk. (Hear.) They would be ungrateful to Provi• deuce it' they did not appreciate as it deserved their noble harbour—if they did not recognise its many advantages and capabilities. (Hear.) It was easy of access—it was one of the best, if not the best, places of shelter for the fleet—and there were times when 500 vessels, armed and unarmed, found anchorage within Cork harbour and the tribu taries which enlarged its extent. At the time of the Crimean war, when the dockyards of England were overcrowded with work, and when £1,000,000 was expended in England and Scotland, he was sorry to say that not one shilling of the public ex penditure reached the harbour of Cork. (Hear.) He had the greatest pleasure in proposing the health of the noble lord at the head of the Admi ralty," as he was aware there was not a gentleman in England who devoted himself more loyally to the services of the State and his Sovereign than he did. (Hear, and applause.) The toast was drunk with much warmth. The Duke of SOMERSET, on rising, was received with prolonged cheering. He said, he thanked them on the part of the Admiralty for the honour confer red on them. It was a source of satisfaction to the Admiralty to see that the navy of the country ob tained the respect of their countrymen. (Hear, hear.) In England, Scotland, and Ireland these marks of respect had been shown it from every port at which their ships had called, and in speaking of the interests of the Admiralty it was impossible the Board of Admiralty could overlook at any time the interests of the harbours which the navy must re sort to. (Hear, hear.) Their attention had at this time been more especially called to the harbour of Cork, as the Mayor had told them by the report of the committee of the House of Commons. (Hear.) They accordingly lost no time in coming to make, as it were, the preliminary arrangements. (Hear, hear.) But what he wished was—he spoke frajllY to them—assuming that they made this dock of which the Mayor had spoken, his fear was that some subsequent disappointment would come upon them, which they did not consider for the moment. Let them look at the towns where the Government had made these docks, and at the mercantile towns, and where was the prosperity P At Liverpool the Government had made no docks, and yet Liverpool was advanced, while Portsmouth had remained be hind. If they would also look at the Clyde they would observe advantages of a most beneficial cha racter, and infer that Scotland had retied on its own resources and industry. From the docks he haci seen they need not be afraid that he should take possession of any of the private docks of the locality. (Hear, and cheers.) They should entirely depend on the careful consideration of the Government in this matter, and he hoped that whatever would be the issue, the Irish members would not divide in representing the interests of their country. (Hear, and laughter.) If they wanted to succeed in this as in many other questions in which they aright have succeeded, if they had acted together (hear) they should reject all ideas with reference to party, their sole consideration being that the prospect was far the advancement and well-being of their country. (Loud cheers.) The Earl DE GREY and RIPON said—Mr. Mayor, my loeds and gentlemen, I am exceedingly obliged to you for the kind manner in which you have been pleased to receive the toast of my health. It is, I may say, and 1 am ashamed to say it—that it is my first visit to this beautiful and interesting country, and the first visit of the First Lord of the Admiralty to your noble harbour. (Loud cheers.) My hon• ourable friend in the chair has alluded in a few words to the rec)mmendation of the Parliamentary committee, in fevour of the erection of dockyards in this country—in favour of the construction of certain works here in Cork. The objects and duties of that committee were, of course, calculated to see the progress of those defensive preparations that we are making. The only question is, what place was likely to answer the public requirements. His lordship concluded by saying that Her Majesty's Government would do whatever was best for the country. The next toast proposed was " Admiral Dacres and the Channel Fleet," to which Admiral Dacres replied. "The Army and Navy" was then proposed by the Mayor. Admiral Sir Lewis T. Jones and Gen. Bloomfield, C. 8., severally returned thanks. " The Lord-Lieutenant of the County" was next proposed, and responded to by Lord Fermoy. The MAYots next proposed " The Health of Lord Clarence Paget," and that nobleman returned thanks in an eloquent speech. The CHAIRMAN then said—My lords and gentle. men, we have an honoured guest, whose health I will ask you to drink. It is " The Lord Mayor of Dublin." A more distinguished guest could scarcely be had at any table than the present Lord Mayor of Dublin. (Cheers.) The health was drunk with the greatest en. thusiasm. The LORD MAYOR of Dublin responded, and as a citizen of Cork thanked his fellow-citizens. The MAYOR next proposed their " unofficial guests." He reminded them that Lord Bandon, Lord Doneraile, Colonel Herbert, and a number of other distinguished personages, who were very glad to be associated with them in welcoming the fleet, were present. The Earl of BANDON replied. Tne next toast was " The County and City Mem. bers." The Mayor remarked that the delicate health of Dr. Lyons, one of their oldest citizens, and whose name was a househo:d word in Cork, could not permit him to attend. Mr. Beamish was not so strong as his friends sincerely and earnestly desired. lbere was not a member in the House of Commons more respected for every possible quality that can adorn man than Mr. Beamish. He believed that the omly member of Parliament connected with the city or county of Cork who was present was the hon. member Mr. Leader, one of the members for the county, who was quite as much a friend of pro gress as Lord Pcrtuoy, and was determined to show by his own enterprise that docks would net destroy private energy. (Cheers.) He concluded by pro posing "The Health of the County and City Mem bers." Mr. LEADER suitably returned thanks, after which the company separated. Th e Fatal Accident at Wimbledon. Yesterday Mr Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, opened an inquest at the Rose and Crown Tavern, Wimbledon, upon the body of Thomas Cooper, the unfortunate private of the Coldstream Guards who was shot while acting as marker during the late meeting of the National Rifle Asso ciation. Lord Elcho, Captain Mildmay, and many other gentlemen were present during the inquiry. The Coroner, in addressing the jury after the court had been opened, urged them to dismiss from their minds all they had heard or read about this case, and to give their earnest attention to the evidence which was to be brought before them. It did not matter, he said, that the unfortu nate man, whose death was the subject of inquiry, had lived some time after receiving the injury, for,the law was that if a man died within a year and a day of an injury the Coro ner's Court should inquire into the cause of his death. in this case the jury would have to consider whether or not any criminality was to be charged to the person who had fired the shot which wounded the deceased, whether that wound was caused by ma:ice, misadventure, or accident, and this they would have to arrive at by the evidence to be adduced. Captain Legge, the adjutant of the Ist Battalion of Cold stream Guards, was sworn, and after deposing to his know ledge of the deceased stated that he had not seen the body, and so could not attest to its being that of Private Cooper. The Coroner then said that the body must be identified. Some of the jury suggested that the party should drive there, but this, they were told, was at their option, as they would have to provide their conveyances. The body, which was lying in the tent used by Dr Westmetoott during the meeting, was thee formally viewed by the witness and the jury, and Captain Legge swore to the corpse as that of Thomas Cooper, aged 25, late a private in the Coldstreams. The following e7idnce was then taken : Thomas Hulme, sworn—l am a private in the Ist Bat talion of the Coldstream Guards. I knew the deceased by the name of Thomas Cooper. I recollect when the circumstance occurred which caused h:s death. It was on the 21st July. I was engaged that day in a parti cular duty at Wimbledon—that of marking the shots on the targets. The deceased was marking at the same butt. There were six targets and six markers' butts at the same place, and the deceased was marking at No. 6 target, which was a pasteb ,ard one. The range was 500 yards, and the target at which deceased was engaged was the only paste board one; the others were iron. The deceased's target was on the extreme right, and I was at No. 2, The tiring of the volunteers commenced each day at about 8 o'clock in the morning. and continued up to about 7 o'clock at night, but there was a cessation of firing for and hour in the middle of the day, when a gun flied as a signal for the firing to cease. I went straight from the targets on the gun firing on the 21st to the tent where we had din ner, but whether cooper came or not I do not know, for I did not see him; but on going back after dinner I saw him behind No. 6 target searching for bullets in the butt. His object was to collect and sell them. I said to him, " Han't you heard the gun fire? you ought to come from there." The gun had fired before I reached the target, for it had fired while we were on the way from the camp. 1 was accompanied by Hall and Hobbs. I told the deceased he had better get in his butt—the butt, I mean, which protects us,—and he said he would come out directly, or something to that effect. He was behind his target, and was facing the embankment, and he was on his knees. The target, I should say, was about two and a half yards wide and six feet high. He had several bullets in his hand, and was throwing them to a heap of others which were on the ground close to the target. He was at this time with his back to the firing point, and was between the centre and the bull's eye of the target. I was within three yards of him for several minutes. I had left the danger, or red flag, at my target when I went to dinner, and this was in front of the bull's • eYe, n a as n i y e usual when not firing, and it was i n this position at this moment. I do not know whether or not Cooper's flag was posi tion showing danger. There was no signal beyond the red flag we were 'Applied with indicating danger. By the exhibition of the rid flag danger was meant, and firing was to cease when that flag was out. That flag was the protec tion to the markers or any other persons at the butt. At times it is necessary for us when marking to leave the mantlete, or barbers' butt, and go and look at the targets, and then these fins are shown. If you were shooting at my target, and I wasnot quite sure of the position of your shot, I should put up tte red flag in order to go and see, and then no one would fire. The instructions as to putting up this flag were given ms by the sergeant, and they were printed and pasted up in toe butt. Atter having told the deceased to getinto his plate, and alter he had answered me that he would directly, he cried out. " Run out the danger flag ; I'm shot I" Tha: was about half a minute after he had answered me. I took up his flag, and running before No. 6 target I waved ,t to and fro. I cannot say in what posi tion his flag was, but it wis not as I left mine. I did not hear any particuhr shot, for there was firing going on all ai'ound. After I trade it understood at the firing point that ar, accident had lappened I went to Cooper. He was unable to rise, and, other markers coming, he was brought to the 19 the removed shot two which c t h e nstt.ru struck ifs s thei bl et tarot, forme to e n s c a e y h e where was him Cane s t rike any substance, and !;•?nt o nit hear the ball stood. I d f-om. I cannot say where the firer must have IL known that a ball had come it Cooper had should not have, , ld me that he was struck in the back, not cried out. struck him and his position at and on looking It where la -amid not have come from the the time I must say the bullet.._ , ow that a certain per right or left, butfrom the front. I ^rsation with him ,son fired the shot, but I have had no °env, the shots, about this. There was but little noise made r,, ' only striking the pasteboard targets, and the sound mutt. be heard by paying particular attention, excepting the bull's eye, which was of iron, and, if struck there, it would sound. I SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. I do not know whether at the time the man was struck a flag was up at the firing points. By a Juror— Firing was going on all around us, at other butts, when he was struck. By the Coroner—Cooper could not be seen from the firing point. I had knows the deceased for 18 months, and the person who shot him about Bor 9 years. I never heard any threat used by the person who I understood fired the shot, or any other person, towards the deceased. Isaac Wayman, corporal in the is t battalion of Coldstream Guards, deposed—l knew the deceased Thos. Cooper. On the 21st of July was on duty at \Vimbldon-common, and was stationed at Nos. 4,5, and 6 firing points, where the volunteers were shooting. It was the 500 yards' pool. At 2 o'clock that afternoon the firing was stopped for an hour. At the expiration of the hour I went back to the point to attend to my duty, which was to raise or lower the danger flag, as occasion might require. I held that duty before dinner, and when we left for dinner the flag was standing at "danger," to keep people from firing. When I returned from dinner I saw Lieut, Morrison, the officer in charge of the firing points, but no one else whom I know by name. I saw no shot fired, but I heard an explosion near me, and directly after I saw the rifle in Sergeant Roberts's hand. There were other persons about there, volunteers and others. Sergeant John Roberts was on duty at that point keeping a registry of the shooting, and arrived at the firing point be fore the signal-gun to "resume firing" fired,and I was there about 2 minutes before it fired. When it fired I went to the signal-flag at the point, and lowered it. I lowered it for firing to commence, and t.o warn the markers to got into their butts. About 10 or 12 minutes after I had lowered it I heard the report of a rifle. I was then at No. 5 firing point, the sound came from the right. There was a screen between me and No. 6 firing point. I then noticed Sergeant Roberts wi h a rifle in his hand, but whether he fired it or not I don't know. Some gentlemen standing by said a man was shot, and on looking through the telescope I saw Cooper on the ground. I told Roberts that Cooper was on the ground, and that I thought he was shot. I started off then towards the wounded man. I did not afterwards see Roberts to speak to him. I have not spoken a syllable to him since: There was no other shot fired near me that I am aware of. The report I heard must have come from a rifle within five or six yards of where I was standing. I was told when I returned from the butts that Sergeant Roberts was under arrest, but I do not know who placed him under ar rest. I have known rifles brought down after dinner to the firing point loaded to be discharged into the pit, but I have not known rifles to be left there loaded during the dinner time. I heard no expression before the shot was fired. It was the regulation that no one was to fire while the red flag was up. That applied to both the firing point and the butt. The signals were up at the iron targets. I know they were at two of them, but I cannot say whether they were at No. 6. This target was not for volunteers only; it was a sweep stake target for any one, and all who choose to join in could do so. It was confined to the Enfied rifle. lam not certain as to whether Sergeant Roberts was or was not a competitor. The Coroner then said that there did not appear to be any one present who saw the shot fired, and it would therefore be necessary to adjourn the inquiry. After some conversation the following additional evidence was taken : Mr Chas. Hall, of 2, Warwick-road, Maida-hill, deposed —I am a member of the Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps, and was in uniform on Wimbledon-common oa the 21st July. At about 3 o'clock that day I was at the 500 yard's pool firing target. The signal gun to commence firing was fired whi►e I was there, and I was asked to give my opinion of a glass at the point by spotting a shot on No. 6 target. One had just been fired. I looked through the glass, and I said, " Good heavens l no one could have fired at that tar get, for the flogs are out." The flags were out of all the six targets ; at least such is my impression ; but the flag at No. 6 had fallen on the ground in front of the target, and it might not have been visible with the naked eye. I looked through the glass again and saw that a man wa•a shot. No one was visi ble about the targets even with the glass at the time the shot was fired. Ido not know who fired the shot, but I know that the officer and the non-commissioned officer at this point were placed under arrest. I don't know who gave the order to do so. The man might have been shot from within a radius of a hundred yards. The "running deer" firing point, for instance, could be made to bear upon this No 6 target. A person, however, would fire at the targets in front. I did not hear a second shot near me at this time. Henry Cramer Guinness deposed,—l am Staff Assistant- Surgeon, and I had charge of the detachment of Guards stationed at Wimbledon during the late meeting. I was on duty on the afternoon of the 21st of July, and I was sum moned to Thomas Cooper in the Volunteer surgeons' tent. There were several Volunteer surgeons present. I took charge of him then in conjunction with Dr Westmacott, of the London Scottish. I found that the man was sufffring from a gunshot wound in the chest, and was in a complete state of collapse. The ball had entered behind between the ninth and tenth ribs, and glanced upwards to the third and fourth. Lt had entered at the back, at about two inches from the spine. There was a bruised mark at about an inch and a half above the nipple. The bullet was in his body. From that day the man was under my charge, in conjunction with Surgeon-Major Wyatt, and ho progressed favourably until last Friday night, when congestion of the right lung set in. From that time to the time of his death, which happened on Tuesday morning, he was in an alarming condition. I made a post mortera, in conjunction with Surgeon• Major Wyatt, and I found the ball produced. [The ball was shown. It was the common Enfield, and was fattened at the point.] It was lying loose against the dtaphram where the diaphram is attached to the spine. I traced the wound from the external orifice in.'o the lung. The ball had passed through the muscles and through the lower lobe of the lett lung, and had lodged between the third and fourth riba on the left. The man died from con gestion of the right lung, and his death decidedly arose from the injury he received. The ball is a riffs ball, and it is flattened by going through three inches of board backing. As no further evidence was forthcoming, and as Inspector Brett, who was watching the case for the civil authorities, expressed his belief that he could collect further evidence by Monday next, the court was adjourned until that day. Last evening at 8 o'clock the body was buried with mili tary honours, in Brompton Cemetery, in that portion of the ground allotted to such of the Household troops who die in the London district. The Rev. Mr Helpine, the chaplain of the regiment, spoke of the deceased in very high terms, giving him a good character as a quiet and steady man. As already stated in the Rev. T. H. Ball's letter, that gentle man daily saw Cooper, who constantly expressed his ex• treme anxiety that nothing should be done to Sergeant Roberts on account of the accident. Loss of a Schooner and Rescue of Five of a Crew, (From ate Liverpool Mercury,) Oa Tuesday ever ing this town and neighbourhood were visited by a sudden and violent gale from the N.W., ac companied with heat, y showers of rain, which continued with more or less violence during the whole night and yes terday. As a large number of vessels had been towed out of the Mersey and were proceeding down the channel dur ing the afternoon, considerable anxiety was felt for their safety, but it is satisfactory to state that, so far as has been ascertained, only one serious casualty has been reported— the loss of the schooner Sultan—and that, fortunately, was without loss of life. The greater portion of the outward vessels have either returned to the river in safety, or been left or spoken in positions which leave no doubt as to their being able successfully to weather the storm. Yesterday morning the steam tug Emperor fell in with the schooner .Mary, seal-laden, in a sinking state, near the north docks. The schooner was taken in tow by the tug, and safely beached at New Brighton, where the crew were rescued. The tug, whilst rendering this assistance, unfor tunately grounded on the beach, and for the present remains there. At an early hour yesterday morning information reached this port that a vessel was aground on one of the banks north of the Crosby Lightship. Soon after the receipt of this intelligence, the Liverpool and National Institution lifeboats proceeded to the scene of the disaster, with the view of rendering assistance. As the wreck was ap proached by the Liverpool lifeboat, the hull of the vessel was found to be altogether submerged, and har crew were observed clinging to the rigging in a very perilous position. The vessel proved to be the schooner Sultan, Capt. Murphy, bound from Lough Swilly to this port, with a cargo of iron ore, and her crew consisted of Hugh Murphy, mate; and Patrick Boyle, Hugh Murphy, and John Milian°, seamen. The lifeboat was successful in saving the lives of the whole of these poor fellows, five in number, who had passed a very trying time, having been lashed to the rigging the whole of the night, and were so benumbed from the effects of the waves dashing over them, and exposure to the cold, that they had to be carried on board the lifeboat by her gallant crew. The rescued men, drenched and shivering, were landed at the Prince's Pier about 8 o'clock yesterday morning, and speedily conveyed to the Sailors' Home, where they received that kind attention which they so much required. A DOLLAR NOT A DOLLAR.—In Springfield, Illinois, the other day, a merchant was trying to sell a pair of boots to a labouring man. He asked the man 5 dollars for the boots, which the would be purchaser de clared too much, saying he had bought the same hereto fore for 3 dollars. The merchant declared that the boots before them were the cheapest boots for the price he had ever sold. The man could not see it. At last the merchant said, " When you bought those boots you speak of for 3 dollars gold and silver were the currency of the country, were they not ?" " Yes," said the man, " but Treasury notes are now the currency, and are legal tender, and a dol lar is a dollar you know." " Well," said the merchant, " do you give me two and a half for the boots in coin, and take them." " I'll do it,'s said the man, and he pulled out an old leathern purse with a little coin in it, and took out a yellow boy. Before delivering it, however, he inquired the price of gold. " I'wo hundred and seventy," said the mer chant. Tho purchaser then went to work to see how much 2 doll 50c in gold would amount to at 270 in greenbacks, and having ascert,inad the result, he handed over a 5 del greenback, took the boots, and went off muttering that a dollar wasn't a dollar. Practical illustrations of this kind bring the state of affairs home to a rain. "Things is ' - in'."—CAicago Times, TxarEs.—Rather less than once in five years the British Government has to go through the process of appointing a King. Of course, it has occasionally to assist at the selection of a Monarch who may or may not be the founder of a line as long as Hugh Capet's or an empire as wide as that of Augustus. It has also to fill a great number of small governor ships, for which there are generally plenty of ap plicants. But there remains two dignities, one kingly, the other imperial, yet subordinate. The difficulty in their case is not to select, but even to find a candidate. It is true there are men of rank and weal th,and a certain degree of ability who will go anywhere and take any t -, ffice that promises dis tinction and power, and that may afford them the opportunity of attaining by one great effort a posi tion beyond the reach of their character or their lives. No doubt there were others who would have liked to find themselves Governor-General of India, but Sir John Lawrence happened to be the only man practically on the list. His work is one of im perial dimensions. The kingly state we coupled with it is the Viceroyalty of Ireland. The holder of that office has to perform the part of a king in a city which communicates with the Home office by 11 hours' posts and instantaneous telegraphs. Yet for the time he has to be every inch a king, and so much is this insisted on that an inch or two mote or less really enters into the selection. He must make regal appearances, and be the chief character in pageants of royalty. He must give banquets to guests of whom be knows nothing, and for whom it is difficult, under the circumstances, to get up a real and intelligent interest, He must preside at openings and lay foundation stones; he must in vest with the lustre of royalty exhibitions and bazaars; he must exercise a discriminating patron age in fat pigs and articles in bog oak ' • he must wear as many coats, distribute among his friends as many poplin dresses, take as many pills, and sacri fice as many teeth as the State tailor, the State draper, the State physician, the State dentist may I consider their due. He must exhibit himself to ad miring strangers in the Viceregal pew, surrounded by carved cherubim and gentlemen in gorgeous uniform. He must make an occasional progress for the purpose of seeing with his own eyes what he finds it was wholly unnecessary to see, and what everybody tells him he knows less for the seeing and had better have taken upon their description. After a time he is glad to resign the cares of State, and nobody asks him to stay. " Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest," is the rale of the country. If he has spent all his allowance, and no more, he is fortunate; for he might certainly have done worse, not only there, but anywhere else. But thenceforth he forgets Ireland, and Ireland him. The dynasty of the Viceroys is as a roll of the Pharaohs. They who know the Peerage by heart know also the succ , ssive occupants of the Lodge in Pheeeix Park. But even in Ireland, if you asked either the people who went in procession in O'Con nell's honour the other day, or the savages who burnt his effigy at Belfast, the names of the Vice roys he had denounced and abused, not one in a thousand would be able to reply. No wonder that the office is more and more difficult to fill. If the inevitable progress of change now and then upsets a real throne, how much more its semblance! It is not only the office and all its circumstances, but the men who should fill it, and the age too, that are changing. The taste of the day rejects idle dis riuctions, and pomps that are only vanities. Lord Carlisle has been long enough at Dublin Castle. He is in bad health, and considers himself entitled to resign. Who can be got to take his place ? The Duke of Devonshire and Lord Lansdowne have been mentioned, but they ate both occupied with real kingdoms far more important and responsible in the management of their own estates. Real work, too, requires the relief of real comfort and rest; and these are not to be found in a daily course of vhaee royalty. Lord Bessborough is said to be disin clined, and that most perfect of all the great officers of State, Lord St. Germans, has been once more thought of. Woat is to be done when nobody will take the place if he has anything better to do, and is quite free to choose ? Happily, there is now and then a good man not placed so entirely to his liking as to shirk an untried burden. Lord Wodehouse is an Under-Secretary, and has been one far too long. He has been Minister in Russia, and his mission to Denmark, if it was not work, was not play. From a task that "no fellow" con ld do to one that any fellow can, if he has common cease and good manners, may seem a great change; but from things impossible to be done, and things im possible not to be done, there is no such great IV terval. Both are mere spectacles. The merit it' both cases consists in the tone and gesture, the so lemnity of the phrase, and the gravity of the de meanour ; not in the result, which in both cases is impalpable. But when the mimic throne is difficult to fill, or rather, mhen the right people will not fill it, and when the real work of the Irish-office is all done by the Chief Secretary, sensible men ask more and more, " Why keep up the show ?" The Scotch, whose country and capital are practically quite as distant, have never asked for a Viceroy, and do not find their interests suffering from the want of one. Tne Irish, it is true, want a certain amount of pageantry, but when we begin to ask what the ems pire gets in exchange for an institution not only rather expensive, but quite out of character with the rest of our customs, we must conclude it to be a bad bargain. The Irish population do not stick to Ireland the more for it. Tne Irish factions don't make up their quarrels the more for it. They don't worship demagoguee, or burn them the less for it. The Irish members don't support the present Go vernment or any other the better for it; they don't keep their promises the better for it. The Irish pro prietors do not and cannot live in Ireland the more for it. Indeed, it is impossible to name any substantial return for a pageantry which has neither reason nor looks in its favour. It is not only a sham, but to some extent an imposition. A presen ration at Dublin Castle is not a presentation at St, James's, and whatever is done on the Irish stage begins and ends there. If men of great wealth and consideration in this country could be induced to reside a few years at Dublin, and give Ireland the benefit of their money, their interest, and whatever goes NI h a high per sonal position, that would be so tar a benefit to the island. But there is a growing difficulty in finding the men, and Ireland has to thank herself for a large share in the ciifficulty. She does nothing to justify the wisdom of the institution, and a good deal to make it ridiculous. The Irish are poor, not very helpful, and much divided in their religious allegi ance, a circumszanee that unfortunately weakens also the civil tie. They want somebody to do them good, They must have an idol, but it must be one that hears their prayers, however unreasonable, or may be imagined to do so. fhe Viceregal fetish, much as we may respect it in this country, is a very dumb idol there, paint it, and gild it, and feed it, and clothe it as we may. So the natives do not really respect it. So is it worth keeping up ? and if it be, for whose sake is it kept up ? A few Dublin tradesmen may answer as they please; but we doubt if they will get one Irishman in twenty to join them. HERALD.—It is not on account of their intrinsic importance that the affairs of small duchies, situated in the north of Europe, have for a long period at tracted public attention. Deplorable as is the policy of despoiling Denmark, we might, after having witnessed previously so many instances in which the might of the strong has overpowered the right of the weak, have been disposed to drop the subject for ever, were no fresh complications likely to arise from an accession of territory to a powerful military state. Wnat has happened, we know, might have been prevented by a prompter and more generous interchange of sentiment amongst the neutral Powers; by a display of greater firmness, accom panied by an absence of braggadocio, upon the part of our Foreign Minister ; by a less obvious manifestation of pique and of contempt for the English Government upon the side of France; by an adoption of wiser diplomatic language towards Russia by both the Western monarchies, and by a nobler chivalry upon the part of the Swedish Cabinet. What is to come may be less at the disposal of these countries. The interest bound np in the duchies of Schleswig, and Holstein, which have hitherto monopolised our notice, m a y for awhile be dormant ; Lauenburg is likely to arrest the immediate consideration of Europe. Not that the cause of the provinces which formed the original pretext for war is now played out, but that it will probably receive some temporary aojustment which for a time may stop the mouth of hostile csiticism. A Duke of Augustenburg or even of Oldenburg, may govern the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, as the virtual satrap of Prussia, without provoking the open animosity of the minor states which profess to listen to the authority of that mysterious body the Germanic Confederation. If any German Power has anything in reality to lose by the setting-up of a new ducal house in strict vassalage to Prussia, it is Austria. Looking at the matter dispassionately, it would be almost better for Austria that her rival should at once annex the duchies boldly to her growing empire, rather than rule theta by means of a substitute. As the Court ,t Vienna now stands, it might re isonably demand some compensation, should Prussia act as in the way supposed; but if the latter Power be content to bide her time Austria will behold the substance though not, the shadow, grasped by the Cabinet of Berlin, and will be all the poorer, from a claim to compensation being got rid of be a dexterous delay. So much has the Austrian Rnpire gained by the transfer of these duchies from Denmark to the army at Prussia ; for this in point of fact will be their ruling body for several v. , ars, Prussi I, Da the other 'laud, is influenced by motives of a different cha racter. She has already aroused the watchful .—y......... _ jealousy of some of the minor Gernart n Princes by her arbitrary and self-relying course Of action. For the moment she may not venture to pro ceed turther. Provided that she can establish her dk latity upon the throne of Schleswig. Holstein ; th at she can obtain the real, ahough not the nominal posses sion of Kiel at; a port, and other strong places as fortresses; that she can by a show of moeieration procure the retirement of the Federal t:roops ; that she can avert any intimate connectio n in. process of formation between the Court of Pe,ris and the malcontents of Germany, she will gain a substan tial victory. The ease of Lauenburg is widely dif' ferent from that of the other duchies. That little territory may be appropriated by Prussia without exciting a similar outcry. There wont d in such an appropriation be involved no violation of the princie plea of Legiimacy maintained by th a whole body of German Sovereigns and by Russia ; no infringe ment of the rights claimed by the I Loyal line of Augustenburg or Glucksbnrg, and the ir rivals, the ducal house of Holstein-Gottorp. La-nenburg bag betore this been made a subject of barter. Once governed by its own dukes, incorporated with Hanover in 1689, it was detached from that king• dom in 1815, in exchange for a portion of Pottle. rania. To take to herself this little duchy would be consistent wi(h the general policy of Pruasia• without provoking the interposi'ion of dangerous enemies. German Legitimists could not say much upon the subject; probably the Confederation would murmur, but one of their members, Hanover, having previously let Lauenburg go to Dennasrk , with the assent of the rest of Europe, must, we. should think, confine their dislike of the proceed,• ing to simple words. Still it was not for nothinfp i we may be sure, that the cession of the duchies Wild 3 made to Austria and Prussia—that they wer 0 placed at the disposal of the great German Power 0, and not of the Confederation. Whether Austr is will assent to a Prussian appropriation of Lane 11 ; burg we cannot say, but our hopes can hardly Kr i s ' oar apprehensions. A contemporary, the Mors lets Post, has done his duty in pointing out to his co' 1 11 ' trymen what the effect of this acquisition would be upon the rest of Germany. The duchy itself .is 5 country of lakes and plains, and naturally sofa rolethat it has yielded to the Sovereigns of Denm ark a revenue beyond what might be expected fro ca its size. Although it contains only 50,000 inhab itatite its geographical position would render it an ir ciPor t ' ant addition to the power of Prussia. It wi told be as a wedge in the midst of the two Meckler iburg et H mover, Hamburgh, Lubeck, and Hoist' ;in, by which it is bounded. From this little p rein"' Prussia could pursue her favourite policy of int er• Terence with the minor States of Germany, bay in g an eye to their subsequent absorption— she could intimidate the free citizens of Hamburgb, at th e same time that she exercised a pressure up/ in th? new Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and could . 11 ° 1u out to Hanoverians the spectacle of part o f their, old country, similarly to bilesia and a mo: ,ety n' Saxony, having become an integral portion of the Prussian dominions. We arc far from deer sing a multiplication of German principalities ess e'otial to the peace of Europe, or compatible with tile In a il3* tenance of good police in Germany itself. Batt a few yean, ago, a poacher, we are aware, co aid C O mit his depredations with impunity upon the con AI ' fines of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, - -eeki , e abo r g - Strelitz, and Prussia, as when chased by th.e p olice of oce he could take refuge in either of of her two States. We are not advocates for these pri ncely sanctuaries, these constant provocetives to dornee t 3 boa. warfare and foreign ambition. But though. w e • this opinion, we cannot overlook the fact t hat ther: is upon the part of Prussia a perpetual roove nien . against the independence of other German Ste te " i i We are the more concerned that Austria, tbr 9l) ,,,g r the short-sightedness of her statesmen, forfeits i'!"; legitimate position in the empire. But without am from Vienna the Confederation will do no goo d b ; ri extending execution to Lauenburg. This i vv ' m simply bring their follower to the dnoby ' r° „,... which they could wish to exclude him ; for 'A r i e , e - r ever a German Federal army can be found I :bi t ' D , the Prussian eagle will shortly afterwards win g his flight. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER—THURSDAY. A moderate attendance at our market to-day, an d a fair business passing in wheat, which must be quoted at the tun currency of this day se'nnight. Flour was not much inquired for, but unaltered in value. Oats and oatmeal were steady, at late rates. Beans were firm, whilst Indian corn was fully 6d per qr dearer. BURTON. ON-TR A fair show of wheat at ow fully late rates. Old white wheat ..42a to 46s New do. ..45s to 518 Malting bar1ey....328 to 35s I trinding d0.....27s to 30s I ENT—THURSDAY. r market, and we quote about Old red wheat, 37s to 40s New do. 4os to 468 Oats. 21. a to 285 Beans 34s to 42s BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. There was a very short supply of English wheat at mar ket to-day, and last week's prices decl ined 6d to is p er q r, with .9. limited trade. In foreign also a reduction took place. Barley firm. Oats an upward tendency. Brans is up. —English wheat was sold at 44s to 50s for white, and 40s to 46s L I er 36 stone for red. Barley, new malting, 30s o 38s per qr; grinding, 25s to 285.1 Oats, old, 24s to 30a per 30 sto.ae ; Irish, 20s to 245. Beans, 42s to 44s per qr. Peas, 37s 10 40s per 36 stone. MONMOUTH-TUESDAY. - - - ------- - The local' markets have been fairly attended by both buyers and :;a hers during the last six or seven days, and business has 1;4 len done at about former rates. The ave rage quotations are as follows neat, white 5a 3d to 5s ild I Barley. .3s4dtd 3 s 9 1, Ditto _red..... (1 , ..; Od to Os Od Oats .. EDINBUIIGH GRAIN—WEDNESDAY. To• day there was a very large supply of country wheat, which sold slowly at 6d to is decline on last week's prices . Wheat on the top is Od down average is Od down. 3d Barley on te top 3s (V up . top 28 6d tip age Os l d uP.down' Beans on the top Os eti down average la Id u p . A , vet age Prices. 21 5 43 Wheat 4os 7d I Oats. 2 lci Barley 3os 3d I 8ean5............ 4 8 .. a a ve e es Total Sr ipply and Sales. Wheat ..1565 qrs Sold 924 q' Barley... 152 qrs Sold 12 2 q r 9 Oats Beans 4B , irs Sold 3 6 q r 9 Town. made flour sells a, i follows :—White, 38s; extra superfine, 36s ; superfine, 3 , Is ; fine, 325. GLASGOW- —WEDNESDAY. Our market was moderate' y attended to-day The 81 1 of grain was pretty fair, and i )rices for both flour and wh ta t receded about 3d per barrel at 1•" i boll. Barley i n dereau cl i: late rates. Oats and oatmeal quiet. Beans, peas, a nd --. ohm corn were unchanged. Foreign Mail 'acket List. MAILS D CB. A , i ff lg Australia and Mauritius, via Sou thampton * •-'—' 1.2. via Man lollies ......... Aug. 4. Brazil and Cape Verde, by Britisl i packet........ S e p t ' 29. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, an d St. Helena.. Aug' ...... China, Penang, and Singapore, vis Southatupton.A u g' 1 2. via Marseilles ...Aug' Falkland 151and5...... Gibraltar, via Southampton .. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug' 37 - 7' via Marseilles Aug' 6 o ' India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Aug. L, • via Marseilles........ Atig , . Portuga 1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton...... Aug' 12 via Marseilles ........ Aug' vi Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. . .... U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. pack: e t........A A u u g g ' . ;;: by U.S. packeackt.. e • t. • Aug. 12 All parts of West Indies, inclubimCg Chili, Peru , j A,sg. 13 anadian California. and Brititl Columbia.. .......... p CRYSTAL PALACE. -- ONE SHILLING DAY, THURSDAY.—Admisaion 012 psyn.ient, 5,195; ditto by season tickets, 1,100. Total visitors, 6,29 b. Births. CUYLER. —On the 6th inst., at Oakleaze, Tockington, LadY Cuyler, of a daughter. HERBERT. —On thei 9th inst., at 38, Upper Grosvenor,. street, the Hon. Mrs. George Herbert, ot a daughter. KENDALL.—At Dinan, France, Dora, the wife of Nichols! Kendall. jun., Esq., of Pelyn, Cornwall, of a son and heir. MORGAN.—On the 11th inst., at Bracondale, Norwich) Mrs. Henry Morgan, of a son. Marriages. COLLARD—STANSPELD.— On the 10th inSt., at KensiOr ton, John Marshall Collard, Esq , ot Kingsdown, Bristol, to Sarah, second daughter of the late Thomas Wolriclif Stansfeld, Esq., of Burley Wood, Yorkshire, ar , d ° Jersey. MOXON—NEVILLE.—On the 10th inst., at Trinity Church, Moxon,Cludesleyquae, Henry, second son of Caroline,M e Esq., of Laufear Villas, to n Eliza tll6 daughter of Fredk, Neville, Esq., of Barnsbury. Deaths. second son of the Right lon. • BALL.—On the 10th inst.. at 85, St. Stephen's -green' Dublin, Thomas Ball, Esq., of Mondellby House, Adore, co Ball, ag Limerick, ed 43 Mr • Ju StiC° . Nsry CAMPPEN.—On the 10th inst. , a t Dlt Mrs. a 011, MASSEY.—On Uamppen, aged 88. park, Thoma General James Henry K C,B s Racket Massey, E,q. the Bth inst., at Gloucester-crescent, 11346' REYNETT —On the 9th inst. at Hampton Court Pal ace / of the 4Sth Rrgt Y Ynet ~ aged 80. tain RAN DALL —On the 9th inst , at Tooting, Surrey, wq,,, ar George Randall, aged 86, served in the Peninsular " and at Waterloo in the Ist Lite Guards. PITTA —On the 10th inst. suddenly, suddenly, at 9, Clapham Stockwell, Henry Author . 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